Well, to be fair, it's not like he could magically figure out on his first try, without anyone explaining the basics of the game to him, that there's a dodge-punch-punch-punch-punch pattern to follow and that the only way to get out of purple-fatigue mode is to dodge (also, the whole uppercut/star thing).

Man, Puch-Out still is an awesome game, and to this day I still haven't beaten Tyson/Mr Dream...

MagicBoris:Well, to be fair, it's not like he could magically figure out on his first try, without anyone explaining the basics of the game to him, that there's a dodge-punch-punch-punch-punch pattern to follow and that the only way to get out of purple-fatigue mode is to dodge (also, the whole uppercut/star thing).

Man, Puch-Out still is an awesome game, and to this day I still haven't beaten Tyson/Mr Dream...

MagicBoris:Well, to be fair, it's not like he could magically figure out on his first try, without anyone explaining the basics of the game to him, that there's a dodge-punch-punch-punch-punch pattern to follow and that the only way to get out of purple-fatigue mode is to dodge (also, the whole uppercut/star thing).

Man, Puch-Out still is an awesome game, and to this day I still haven't beaten Tyson/Mr Dream...

I had the original Tyson game back in the late 80's/early 90's. I was able to beat Tyson about 1/3 of the time after playing it religiously for weeks. We downloaded the game to the Wii about a year ago, and in fact were drinking and playing it last night for about 3 hours. I will never beat Mr. Dream, I don't think. Don't have that kind of time anymore. But damn if that game isn't just as much fun getting up and through Macho Man as it was 20 years ago.

Kid Lester:MagicBoris: Well, to be fair, it's not like he could magically figure out on his first try, without anyone explaining the basics of the game to him, that there's a dodge-punch-punch-punch-punch pattern to follow and that the only way to get out of purple-fatigue mode is to dodge (also, the whole uppercut/star thing).

Man, Puch-Out still is an awesome game, and to this day I still haven't beaten Tyson/Mr Dream...

I had the original Tyson game back in the late 80's/early 90's. I was able to beat Tyson about 1/3 of the time after playing it religiously for weeks. We downloaded the game to the Wii about a year ago, and in fact were drinking and playing it last night for about 3 hours. I will never beat Mr. Dream, I don't think. Don't have that kind of time anymore. But damn if that game isn't just as much fun getting up and through Macho Man as it was 20 years ago.

I think I was about 6 or 7 when my older brother got the Tyson version for Christmas, and I wasn't good enough at video games yet to get very far. In fact, this thread reminded me how much Bald Bull actually scared me back then. I have memories of beating Great Tiger, then just turning off the console.

Years later, I got an emulator, and ...

Also, that game was the main reason I ever bought Animal Crossing for the Gamecube. Sure, I had to cheat to get the NES games, but it was worth it just to play Punch-Out* in my living room again instead of in front of my computer.

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<nerd>Mike Tyson's Punch Out had a numerical based code system so the konami code wouldn't do a damn thing.007 373 5963</nerd>

You actually remember one of the number code sequences?

There is probably a folder of my old stuff from when I was younger that has pages of codes in them from games. That and hand drawn maps on graph paper.

I remember that same code. Spent HOURS playing MT Punchout with a friend of mine and when we FINALLY made it to Tyson, we had no pen/pencil nor paper. Thus, we memorized it and, over 25 years later, it's still embedded in my brain (like the Konami code).